Perth's premier roller derby league - est. 2008. www.perthrollerderby.com.au
Roller derby is a full contact sport played by two teams of five skaters moving anti-clockwise around an oval track. Game play consists of a series of short match-ups ("jams") in which both teams designate 1 scoring player each (the "jammers") who scores points by lapping the other 4 members of the opposing team (the "blockers"). The teams attempt to assist their own jammer while hindering the opposing jammer — in effect playing both offense and defense simultaneously. Roller derby is played by more than 1,200 amateur leagues on every inhabited continent.
While the sport has its origins in the banked-track roller skating marathons of the 1930s, Leo Seltzer and Damon Runyon are credited with the basic evolution of the sport to its initial competitive form. Professional roller derby quickly became popular; in 1940 more than 5 million spectators watched bouts in 50 US cities.
Modern roller derby is an international sport dominated by all-female amateur teams, in addition to a growing number of male, co-ed, and junior roller derby teams, and is (as a roller sport) under consideration for the 2020 Olympics. Most modern leagues share a strong D.I.Y. ethic which uniquely combines athleticism and alternative elements and third-wave feminist aesthetics.
The Perth Roller Derby league (PRD) formed in July 2008 when a group of inspired women met each other at a screening of the documentary Hell On Wheels. PRD is a not-for-profit association run by the skaters, referees and and volunteers, dedicated to organising and promoting the sport of Women’s Flat Track Roller Derby in the greater Perth area.
Our members are women currently ranging in age from 18 to 40, residing across the city from Kallaroo to Kelmscott to Baldivis, who are employed as scientists, teachers, body piercers, journalists, nurses, illustrators, IT professionals, mums, tertiary students, community volunteers and many other wonderful things. Very few had a background in roller sports before their introduction to Derby.
Contact information:
For general enquiries email :
enquiries@perthrollerderby.com.au
For Media (print articles, television, radio etc) email:
media@perthrollerderby.com.au
For Sponsorship offers email:
sponsorship@perthrollerderby.com.au
To join the mailing list for early notification of ticket sales email:
media@perthrollerderby.com.au
To join the league as a skater email:
prdfreshmeat@gmail.com
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